Innocent
Innocent , adjective
[French innocent, Latin innocens, -entis; pref. in- not + nocens, present participle of nocere to harm, hurt. See Noxious.]
1.
Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.
The spear
Sung innocent, and spent its force in air.
2.
Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.
To offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb.
I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.
The aidless, innocent lady, his wished prey.
3.
Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.
Innocent from the great transgression.
4.
Simple; artless; foolish. — Shakespeare
5.
Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.
6.
Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.
Collocations (1)
Innocent party (Law) , a party who has not notice of a fact tainting a litigated transaction with illegality.
Innocent , noun
1.
An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin. — Shakespeare
2.
An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot. — B. Jonson
In Scotland a natural fool was called an innocent.
Collocations (1)
Innocents' day (Ecclesiastical) , Childermas day.